Pistomt-rod journal-bearing



W. ELLIS AND E. E. SHERMAN.

PISTON ROD JOURNAL BEARING.

APPLiCATlON FILED J ULY 12, I919.

Patented. July 27, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, WILLIAM M. nLms'Ann nfavina n. sHERMAn'or PATOKA, *rnLmors.

PISTON-ROD JOURNAL-BEARING.

To all whom it may concern) Be it known that we, lVILLIAMl. ELLIS and ELMER E. SHERMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Patoka, Illinois, have invented a certain-new and useful Improvement in Piston-Rod Journal-Bearings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the artito which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthisspecificatmn. Y

Our invention relates generally to piston rods and more particularly to an automatic take-up for the journal'bearings of piston rods, the principal object of our invention being to provide a relatively simple, inexpensive and efiicient construction that will automatically take up any wear that may occur between the babbitt lining of the journal bearing and the shaft operating in said bearing.

To accomplish this automatic take-up of wear on the-babbitt lining of the journal bearing, we propose to utilize wedge blocks which are constantly drawn to each other by a retractile spring and which wedge blocks are effective in maintaining the cap on the lower end of the piston rod in close engagement with the shaft that occupies the With the foregoing and other objects in view, our invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure. 1 1s an elevational view of a portion of a piston rod equipped with our improved automatic take-up, parts of said rod and the cap associated therewith being in section. v I

Fig. 2 is a view looking against the underside of the cap portion of the journal bearmg. 1

Fig.3 is a detail section taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

F ig.- 1 is a perspective view of one of the wedge blocks forming a part of our improved automatic take-up.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 10 designates a piston rod of the type generally utilized in internal combustion engines, and. formed on the lower end of said rod are oppositely disposed cars 11, the latter being provided with vertlcally Specification of Letters Patent.

'Application filed July 12, 1919. Serial No. 310,330. 7

Patented July 27, 1920.

disposed bolt holes. Formed in the unde side of the piston rod between these cars is a semi-circular recess12 that is provided witha lining 13 of babbitt or analogous material and which latter forms the upper half of the journal bearing.

A cap let is'provided in its upper side with a centrally arranged babbitt lined recess 15, the latter cooperating with the babbitt lincd recess 12 to form a journal bearing for the ci'ank shaft 16. The end portions 17 of this cap are positioned immediately beneath the ears 11 and said portions 17 being provided with bolt holes which are in vertical alinement with the bolt holes in said ears. The under sides of the end portions 17 of the cap are provided with beveled or inclined faces 18 and positioned beneath said faces are Wedge blocks 19 provided with beveled top faces 20 which bear directly against the beveled faces 18 on the underside of cars 17.

The wedge blocks 19 are provided with longitudinally disposed slots 21 which accommodate the lower portions of the bolts 22 that serve to secure the cap 14 to the lower end of the piston rod. The inner ends of the wedge blocks are provided with hooks 22 to which are secured the ends of a retractile spring 23, the same being normally under tension and tending to drawthe wedge blocks toward each other. The lower ends of the bolts 22 are threaded in order to receive nuts 24:, the latter being of the crown type in order that they may be locked to the bolts by means of cotter pins or the like.

It will be understood that in constructing a ournal bearing of the type to which our invention relates the parts shown be formed so as to provide a slight space such As wear occurs between the crank shaft I and the babbitt lining of the journal, the tension of retractile spring 23 is exerted to draw the wedge blocks 19 toward each other with the result that the cap 15 will be constantly forced upwardly to maintain a relatively tight bearing against the crank shaft,

A. journal bearing-take-up of 0111 improved construction can be. easily. and

cheaply manufactured, is wholly automatic in aetion and provides asimple andefiicient means for taking-up all wear and 10st motion between a shaft andthe jmmnnlabearing thereof.

. It: wilhbe; readilyvpunderstood" thatxminor changes ,ing tl1B',.SiZB,. form and construction.

of? the various; parts of oun improved journalzbearingoan bemade. and SIlbStitUtGdJfOl" of a; cap,etlilere" being: a? journal bearing formed betweensaid piston rod and; cap,

the: nndersides. of the end: portions 10f. said cap being. provided; with" inclined; faces,

wedge bloek'e: bearing; against said inclined faces, a retractile spring connected to said wedge blocks fordrawing the same toward each other; boltpassing through parts of the pist0n,r0d, -said caps, and said wedge blocks, and aunt on the bolt and bearing against the Wedge blocks.

2. The combination with a piston" rod provided Witlpoppositely arranged ears, of

a cap, the end portions of which are ar ranged beneath thou-rears, on the PiStOIlw rod;v

there being. a journal bearing for-med between said. cap andapiston rod; slotted; wedge blocks positioned .beneathlthef ends of the cap; hooks; on; the inner ends. ofz'the wedge blanks," at mhmtlle .SPIIHgEPSBCUIYGdL to. said: 1i oaks and conneetmg; the 4111181 endsaoffisaldi Wedge blocks, andbnltsy, passing-t through the earsof the piston: rod, through the ends of the cap, and ,thnough the slotted. wedge blocks V In testimony whereof we: hereunto afiix oursignatures this; 5th1day of Jul ,.;1919.

WILLIAM .Mz EL IS. ELMER SHERMAN. 

